Day Three is an early start from Motherwell heading into Mossend Reception lines where some remarshalling of locomotives will take place. On departure from Mossend a Class 56 (kindly supplied by Colas Rail) will be leading, with a single Class 73/1 tucked behind and operating in tandem where appropriate. We will pick up at Dalmuir then head down the West Highland Line to Fort William where we expect to arrive late morning for a break of around 1 hour.

The return from Fort William will feature the Class 56 working solo, back up the West Highland Line, through Glasgow, round the Hamilton circle and back into Mossend. A brief pause here to re-attach the second Class 73/1 to the rear, and then with the Class 56 still leading we head via Cumbernauld, Falkirk and the Forth Bridge to Rosyth Down Loop. Here we’ll reverse and the two 73/1s will then lead us over the Forth Bridge and into Edinburgh Waverley. At Edinburgh we will replace the Class 56 with an electric locomotive and head back to Glasgow Central via Linlithgow, Cumbernauld, Coatbridge and Stepps – rare routes for AC locomotives.